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Abstract:

Provided are a mobile terminal, and a safety verification method and
device for mobile payment. The mobile terminal includes a payment card
and an NFC chip, also includes: a conduction switch coupled between the
payment card and the NFC chip, and configured to receive a control signal
from a processor and control, according to the control signal, closing or
opening of a conduction path between the financial card and the NFC chip;
and the processor, which is configured to verify, before the financial
card transacts with an external reader, verification information input by
a user; generate, when the verification information input by the user
passes the verification, a control signal for controlling the conduction
switch to open the conduction path, and generate, when the verification
information input by the user does not pass the verification, a control
signal for controlling the conduction switch to close the conduction
path.

Claims:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a financial card, which is used for
mobile payment, and a near field communication (NFC) chip, and the mobile
terminal further comprising: a conduction switch, which is coupled
between the financial card and the NFC chip, and is configured to receive
a control signal from a processor and control, according to the control
signal, closing or opening of a conduction path between the financial
card and the NFC chip; and the processor, which is coupled with the
conduction switch and is configured to verify, before the financial card
transacts with an external reader, verification information input by a
user, generate, when the verification information input by the user
passes the verification, a control signal for controlling the conduction
switch to open the conduction path, and generate, when the verification
information input by the user does not pass the verification, a control
signal for controlling the conduction switch to close the conduction
path.

2. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a
display module, which is coupled with the processor and is configured to
prompt, in a form of an interface, the user to input correct verification
information when an initial state of the conduction path is that the
conduction path is closed or when the verification information input by
the user does not pass the verification.

3. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is
further configured to generate, after the transaction is successful, a
control signal for controlling to close the conduction path.

4. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the financial card
comprises one of the following: a subscriber identity module (SIM) card
with a built-in secure element (SE) and a financial integrated circuit
(IC) card.

5. A safety verification method for mobile payment, which is implemented
through a conduction switch, that is coupled between a near field
communication (NFC) chip and a financial card used for mobile payment, in
a mobile terminal, wherein the method comprises: verifying, before the
financial card transacts with an external reader, verification
information input by a user; and controlling the conduction switch to
open or close a conduction path between the financial card and the NFC
chip according to a verification result, when the verification result is
that the verification information input by the user passes the
verification, controlling the conduction switch to open the conduction
path, and when the verification result is that the verification
information input by the user does not pass the verification, controlling
the conduction switch to close the conduction path.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising: prompting, in a
form of an interface, the user to input correct verification information
when an initial state of the conduction path is that the conduction path
is closed or when the verification information input by the user does not
pass the verification.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising: after the
transaction is successful, controlling to close the conduction path
through the conduction switch.

8. A safety verification device for mobile payment, which is implemented
through a conduction switch, that is coupled between a near field
communication (NFC) chip and a financial card used for mobile payment, in
a mobile terminal, wherein the device comprises: a verification module,
which is configured to verify, before the financial card transacts with
an external reader, verification information input by a user; and a
control module, which is configured to control the conduction switch to
open or close a conduction path between the financial card and the NFC
chip according to a verification result, wherein when the verification
result is that the verification information input by the user passes the
verification, the control module is configured to control the conduction
switch to open the conduction path, and when the verification result is
that the verification information input by the user does not pass the
verification, the control module is configured to control the conduction
switch to close the conduction path.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: a prompt module,
which is configured to prompt, in a form of an interface, the user to
input correct verification information when the conduction path is closed
or when the verification information input by the user does not pass the
verification.

10. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the control module is
further configured to control, after the transaction is successful, to
close the conduction path through the conduction switch.

11. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the financial card
comprises one of the following: a subscriber identity module (SIM) card
with a built-in secure element (SE) and a financial integrated circuit
(IC) card.

12. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein the financial card
comprises one of the following: a subscriber identity module (SIM) card
with a built-in secure element (SE) and a financial integrated circuit
(IC) card.

13. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising: after the
transaction is successful, controlling to close the conduction path
through the conduction switch.

14. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the control module is
further configured to control, after the transaction is successful, to
close the conduction path through the conduction switch.

Description:

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile payments, and
in particular to a mobile terminal, and a safety verification method and
device for mobile payment.

BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, a main application scenario of short distance wireless
communication (which is also called as near field communication (NFC)) is
a card swiping payment function. In order to ensure the security of a
payment transaction, an NFC mobile phone needs to be equipped with a
secure element (SE). At present, the mainstream NFC payment scheme is
building the SE in a subscriber identity module (SIM) card. However, when
the mobile phone is lost, a person could use the lost mobile phone
illegally to perform card swiping services freely.

[0003] Aiming at the problem above in the related art, no effective
solution has been proposed at present.

SUMMARY

[0004] Aiming at the problem that the safety guarantee effect of the
mobile payment scheme in the related art is poor, etc., provided are a
mobile terminal, and a safety verification method and device for mobile
payment, so as to at least solve the problems above.

[0005] According to one aspect of the embodiments of the present
disclosure, provided is a mobile terminal, including a financial card,
which is used for mobile payment, and an NFC chip. The mobile terminal
further includes a conduction switch, which is coupled between the
financial card and the NFC chip, and is configured to receive a control
signal from a processor and control, according to the control signal,
closing or opening of a conduction path between the financial card and
the NFC chip; and the processor, which is coupled with the conduction
switch and is configured to verify, before the financial card transacts
with an external reader, verification information input by a user,
generate, when the verification information input by the user passes the
verification, a control signal for controlling the conduction switch to
open the conduction path, and generate, when the verification information
input by the user does not pass the verification, a control signal for
controlling the conduction switch to close the conduction path.

[0006] In an example embodiment, the mobile terminal above further
includes: a display module, which is coupled with the processor and is
configured to prompt, in a form of an interface, the user to input
correct verification information when an initial state of the conduction
path is that the conduction path is closed or when the verification
information input by the user does not pass the verification.

[0007] In an example embodiment, the processor is further configured to
generate, after the transaction is successful, a control signal for
controlling to close the conduction path.

[0008] In an example embodiment, the financial card includes one of the
following: a subscriber identity module (SIM) card with a built-in secure
element (SE) and a financial integrated circuit (IC) card.

[0009] According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present
disclosure, provided is a safety verification method for mobile payment,
which is implemented through a conduction switch, which is coupled
between an NFC chip and a financial card used for mobile payment, in a
mobile terminal. The method includes: verifying, before the financial
card transacts with an external reader, verification information input by
a user; and controlling the conduction switch to open or close a
conduction path between the financial card and the NFC chip according to
a verification result, when the verification result is that the
verification information input by the user passes the verification,
controlling the conduction switch to open the conduction path, and when
the verification result is that the verification information input by the
user does not pass the verification, controlling the conduction switch to
close the conduction path.

[0010] In an example embodiment, the method above further includes:
prompting, in a form of an interface, the user to input correct
verification information when an initial state of the conduction path is
that the conduction path is closed or when the verification information
input by the user does not pass the verification.

[0011] In an example embodiment, the method above further includes: after
the transaction is successful, controlling to close the conduction path
through the conduction switch.

[0012] According to yet another aspect of the embodiments of the present
disclosure, provided is a safety verification device for mobile payment,
which is implemented through a conduction switch, which is coupled
between a near field communication (NFC) chip and a financial card used
for mobile payment, in a mobile terminal. The device includes: a
verification module, which is configured to verify, before the financial
card transacts with an external reader, verification information input by
a user; and a control module, which is configured to control the
conduction switch to open or close a conduction path between the
financial card and the NFC chip according to a verification result,
wherein when the verification result is that the verification information
input by the user passes the verification, the control module is
configured to control the conduction switch to open the conduction path,
and when the verification result is that the verification information
input by the user does not pass the verification, the control module is
configured to control the conduction switch to close the conduction path.

[0013] In an example embodiment, the device above further includes: a
prompt module, which is configured to prompt, in a form of an interface,
the user to input correct verification information when the conduction
path is closed or when the verification information input by the user
does not pass the verification.

[0014] In an example embodiment, the control module is further configured
to control, after the transaction is successful, to close the conduction
path through the conduction switch.

[0015] By means of the technical solution, verification information input
by a user is verified before the financial card in the mobile terminal
transacts with an external reader and the opening or closing of the
conduction path between the financial card and the NFC chip is controlled
according to a verification result. In this way, the technical problem
that the safety guarantee effect of the mobile payment scheme in the
related art is poor, etc., can be solved, and the security during a
mobile payment process can further be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

[0016] Drawings, provided for further understanding of the present
disclosure and forming a part of the specification, are used to explain
the present disclosure together with embodiments of the present
disclosure rather than to limit the present disclosure. In the
accompanying drawings:

[0017] FIG. 1 is a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according
to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0018] FIG. 2 is another structural block diagram of a mobile terminal
according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0019] FIG. 3 is a structural schematic diagram of a mobile terminal
according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0020] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a safety verification method for mobile
payment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0021] FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a safety verification
device for mobile payment according to an embodiment of the present
disclosure;

[0022] FIG. 6 is another structural block diagram of a safety verification
device for mobile payment according to an embodiment of the present
disclosure; and

[0023] FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of an implementation method for mobile
payment according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0024] The present disclosure is described below in detail by reference to
the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments. It should be
noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure and the
characteristics of the embodiments can be combined with each other if
there is no conflict.

[0025] FIG. 1 is structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according
to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the
mobile terminal includes:

[0026] a financial card 101 which is used for mobile payment; an NFC chip
103; a conduction switch 105, which is coupled between the financial card
101 and the NFC chip 103, and is configured to receive a control signal
from a processor 107 and control the closing or opening of a conduction
path between the financial card 101 and the NFC chip 103 according to the
control signal; and the processor 107, which is coupled with the
conduction switch 105 and is configured to verify, before the financial
card 101 transacts with an external reader, verification information
input by a user, generate, when the verification information input by the
user passes the verification, a control signal for controlling the
conduction switch to open the conduction path, and generate, when the
verification information input by the user does not pass the
verification, a control signal for controlling the conduction switch to
close the conduction path.

[0027] By means of the above mentioned components, since verification
information input by a user is verified before the financial card in the
mobile terminal transacts with an external reader, and the opening or
closing of the conduction path between the financial card and the NFC
chip is controlled by the conduction switch according to a verification
result, the technical problem that the safety guarantee effect of the
mobile payment scheme is poor, etc. can be solved, and the security
during a mobile payment process is effectively improved.

[0028] In this embodiment, in order to perform a normal mobile payment in
the case where the verification information fails to pass the
verification or the conduction path above is in a closed state (i.e. the
initial state is that the conduction path is closed) before a
transaction, as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal above may further
include: a display module 109, which is coupled with the processor 107
and is configured to prompt, in a form of an interface, the user to input
correct verification information when the control signal is used for
controlling to close the conduction path.

[0029] In this embodiment, in order to save running resources, after the
transaction is successful, the processor 107 above may further generate a
control signal for controlling to close the conduction path so as to
close the conduction path in time.

[0030] In this embodiment, the financial card 101 above may include but is
not limited to one of the following: a SIM card with a built-in SE and a
financial IC card.

[0031] In order to better understand the embodiment above, detailed
description will be made below in combination with an example embodiment
of the mobile terminal. The main design idea for the following example
embodiment lies in arranging a single wire protocol (SWP) conduction
switch at the mobile terminal for connecting the SIM card to the NFC
chip. The SWP conduction switch is controlled through a general-purpose
input/output (GPIO) port of the mobile phone. When a user performs a card
swiping service, a password authentication module 303 is activated, and
after the user enters a correct password, a GPIO output signal is sent to
open the SWP conduction switch to enable conduction between the NFC chip
and the SIM card, so that NFC card swiping service can be performed.

[0032] In this example embodiment, a mobile phone is taken as an example
for description. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal includes: an
application processor (AP) 301, a password authentication module 303, an
NFC chip 305, a SIM card 307 supporting an SE, an SWP conduction switch
309 and an NFC antenna 311.

[0033] The AP 301 is coupled with the NFC chip 305 through an I2C bus or
using other high-speed buses, such as a serial peripheral interface (SPI)
or a high speed universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) (the
high speed UART is referred to as HSU for short).

[0034] The AP 301 communicates with the SIM card 307 through an ISO7816
interface, and controls the SWP conduction switch 309 through a GPIO. The
SIM card 307 is provided with a built-in secure element (SE),
communicates with the AP 301 through an ISO7816 protocol, and
communicates with the NFC chip 305 through an SWP.

[0036] The SWP conduction switch 309 is coupled with the SIM card 307 and
the NFC chip 305 through an SWP wire. The SWP conduction switch 309 can
conduct or break the connection between the SIM card 307 and the NFC chip
305.

[0037] The NFC antenna 311 is coupled with the NFC chip 305 and is
configured to transmit radio frequency data. The NFC antenna may be, but
is not limited to be, attached to the backside of a battery or the inside
of the rear cover of a mobile phone.

[0038] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a safety verification method for mobile
payment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In this
embodiment, the method is implemented through a conduction switch, which
is connected between an NFC chip and a financial card used for mobile
payment, in a mobile terminal As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes:

[0039] Step S402, verification information input by a user is verified
before the financial card transacts with an external reader.

[0040] Step S404, the conduction switch is controlled to open or close a
conduction path between the financial card and the NFC chip according to
a verification result, wherein when the verification result is that the
verification information input by the user passes the verification, the
conduction switch is controlled to open the conduction path, and when the
verification result is that the verification information input by the
user does not pass the verification, the conduction switch is controlled
to close the conduction path above.

[0041] By means of various steps above, the technical problem that the
safety guarantee effect of the mobile payment scheme is poor, etc. can be
solved, and the security during a mobile payment process is effectively
improved.

[0042] In this embodiment, when an initial state of the conduction path is
that the conduction path is closed or when the verification information
input by the user does not pass the verification, a user may be prompted,
in a form of an interface, to input correct verification information.

[0043] In order to save resources, after the transaction is successful,
the conduction path above is controlled to be closed through the
conduction switch.

[0044] A safety verification device for mobile payment is further provided
in this embodiment. The device is implemented through a conduction
switch, which is connected between a near field communication (NFC) chip
and a financial card used for mobile payment, in a mobile terminal and is
adopted for realizing the above-mentioned embodiments and example
implementations, which has been described, thereby needing no further
description, and modules involved in the device are described below. As
used below, the term "module" is a combination of software and/or
hardware capable of realizing predetermined functions. Although the
device described in the embodiment blow may be preferably realized with
software, hardware or the combination of software and hardware are also
possible and can be conceived. FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a
safety verification device for mobile payment according to an embodiment
of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the device includes:

[0045] a verification module 50, which is coupled with a control module 52
and is configured to verify, before the financial card transacts with an
external reader, verification information input by a user; and

[0046] the control module 52, which is configured to control the
conduction switch to open or close a conduction path between the
financial card and the NFC chip according to a verification result,
wherein when the verification result is that the verification information
input by the user passes the verification, the control module is
configured to control the conduction switch above to open the conduction
path, and when the verification result is that the verification
information input by the user does not pass the verification, the control
module is configured to control the conduction switch to close the
conduction path.

[0047] In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the device above may
further include but is not limited to the following: a prompt module 54,
which is configured to prompt, in a form of an interface, the user to
input correct verification information when the conduction path is closed
or when the verification information input by the user does not pass the
verification. The function of the prompt module 54 may also be realized
through the control module 52 and a display module (for example, a
display screen) of the mobile terminal.

[0048] In an example embodiment, in order to save resources, the control
module 52 above is further configured to control, after the transaction
is successful, to close the conduction path through the conduction
switch.

[0049] In combination with an example embodiment, a solution of using the
technical solution of the above embodiments to realize a mobile payment
is described below. The implementation method for mobile payment in this
embodiment may be realized based on the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 3,
but is not limited to this.

[0050] Manner I: before an NFC card swiping transaction is performed, if
the SWP conduction switch 309 is closed, the user needs to start the
password authentication module 303 and input the correct password, and if
the password input by the user passes the verification, the password
authentication module sets an output signal of the GPIO port to control
the SWP conduction switch 309 to open the SWP connection. In this way,
the SWP connection between the NFC chip 305 and the SIM card 307 is
opened. If the password input by the user is wrong, the password
authentication module refuses to open the path between the NFC chip 305
and the SIM card 307, and at this time, the mobile phone cannot perform
an NFC card swiping service. When the password input by the user is
correct and the SWP path is opened, the mobile phone may be brought in
proximity to the Pos machine to perform an NFC card swiping service; the
Pos machine will exchange, through a wireless communication protocol,
data with the NFC chip 305 through the NFC antenna 311, and the NFC chip
305 will exchange, through an SWP protocol, data with the SIM card 307,
in other words, the Pos machine reads relevant information in the SIM
card. After the transaction is successful, the NFC chip 305 report a card
swiping success event to the AP 301 of the mobile phone through an I2C.
The AP side will automatically call the password authentication module
303 to control the output signal of the GPIO port, so as to close the SWP
conduction switch to close the path between the NFC chip 305 and the SIM
card 307.

[0051] Manner II: before a card swiping transaction is performed, the user
may forget to open the SWP conduction switch 309 through the password
authentication module 303. At this time, when the mobile phone is brought
in proximity to the POS machine, the NFC chip 305 will detect that there
is no path between the NFC chip 305 and the SIM card 307, and then feed
back same to the AP 301 of the mobile phone through the I2C. The AP side
automatically starts the password authentication module, and pops up a
prompt interface to prompt the user that the SWP conduction switch needs
to be opened through the password authentication module. After the user
opens the SWP conduction switch 309 through the password authentication
module, the mobile phone is brought in proximity to the Pos machine again
to perform an NFC card swiping service. After the card swiping
transaction is successful, the NFC reports a card swiping success event
to the AP 301 of the mobile phone, and the AP side automatically call the
password authentication module to close the SWP path.

[0052] In order to better understand the implementation process above,
detailed description will be made below in combination with the flow
shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of an implementation method for
mobile payment according to an example embodiment of the present
disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7, the method includes:

[0053] Step S702, before an NFC card swiping transaction is performed, it
is detected whether a password authentication module has been logged in;
if so, the process goes to step S704; otherwise, the process goes to step
S710.

[0054] Step S704, an SWP conduction switch is opened and the process goes
to step S706.

[0055] Step S706, a mobile phone is brought in proximity to a Pos machine
so as to perform card swiping, and the process goes to step S708.

[0056] Step S708, the card swiping transaction is successful, and the
process goes to step S722.

[0057] Step S710, the mobile phone is brought in proximity to the Pos
machine so as to perform card swiping, and the process goes to step S712.

[0059] Step S714, the mobile phone pops up a password authentication
module and the process goes to step S716.

[0060] Step S716, the SWP conduction switch is opened.

[0061] Step S718, the mobile phone is brought in proximity to the Pos
machine so as to perform card swiping, and the process goes to step S720.

[0062] Step S720, the card swiping transaction is successful.

[0063] Step S722, an NFC reports a card swiping success event.

[0064] Step S724, an AP calls the password authentication module to
automatically close the SWP path, and the process ends.

[0065] In summary, the embodiments of the present disclosure realize the
following beneficial effects: in the related art, there is no effective
protection measures with regard to the problem resulted by the losing of
a mobile phone with NFC card swiping function, and by means of the
solution provided in the embodiments above, an illegal personnel can be
effectively prevented from performing an illegal card swiping service. In
the embodiments above, a user sets a password to control a GPIO port
signal for conducting an SWP switch, and after being conducted, the
switch can perform an NFC card swiping service normally. When the SWP
path is closed, at this time, there is no influence on other functions of
the NFC, and point to point (P2P) and a card reader are used as usual,
but only the card swiping service is not supported. The GPIO port signal
is controlled by setting a password, and thus the SWP switch can be
controlled to be conducted. If the SIM card does not save bank card
password information, during card swiping, the password of the SWP
conduction switch and the bank card password need to be input, so that
the function of double protection can be achieved, and thus illegal
stealing is prevented effectively.

[0066] In another embodiment, software is further provided, and the
software is used to execute the technical solutions described in the
above-mentioned embodiments and example implementations.

[0067] In another embodiment, a storage medium is further provided,
wherein the storage medium stores the software above, and the storage
medium includes but is not limited to: optical disk, floppy disk, hard
disk, erasable memory, etc.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

[0068] By means of the technical solution provided in the present
disclosure, verification information input by a user can be verified
before a financial card in a mobile terminal transacts with an external
reader, and the opening or closing of a conduction path between the
financial card and an NFC chip can be controlled according to a
verification result, which can further improve the security during a
mobile payment process.

[0069] Obviously, a person skilled in the art would understand that the
above modules and steps of the present disclosure can be realized by
using a universal computing device, can be integrated in a single
computing device or distributed on a network that consists of a plurality
of computing devices, and alternatively, they can be realized by using
the executable program code of the computing device, so that they can be
stored in a storage device and executed by the computing device, in some
cases, can perform the shown or described steps in a sequence other than
herein, or they are made into various integrated circuit modules
respectively, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are made into a
single integrated circuit module, thus to be realized. In this way, the
present disclosure is not restricted to any particular hardware and
software combination.

[0070] The descriptions above are only the example embodiment of the
present disclosure, which are not used to restrict the present
disclosure, for those skilled in the art, the present disclosure may have
various changes and variations. Any amendments, equivalent substitutions,
improvements, etc. within the principle of the disclosure are all
included in the scope of the protection defined by the appended claims of
the disclosure.